America badly needs immigration reform

5:56 PM,
Feb. 19, 2014

Written by

Eric deVita

Honda exported more cars out of America than it imported in 2013. How did this happen? Honda invested significant sums in the United States. They employ 25,000 in manufacturing, marketing, and research and development. It's clear they want to do business in the United States. This is called Foreign Direct Investment (FDI).

Honda and other foreign companies employ 5.6 million Americans while offering higher pay and benefits than their American-based counterparts. The United States leads the world in FDI. After all, we have a competent workforce that offers high productivity and because ...